Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-20
STATE AT LARGE.

La crosse mas l04 saloons.
The real estate sales in La Crosse last
week amoonted to S43,273
The establishment of pulp factory IN
Albany, Green county is being agitated.
The First National bank of Kaukauna
has opened savings department.
Waupun is talking up an artesian
well.
Milwaukee'5 new Jail quarters are open
to the public.
There ars seventy nine telephones now
in use in Stevens Point.
All places of business at Rhinelander
are closed on Sunday.
Measles of host malignant type are
prevalent in La Crosse.
A tannery TO cost S154, 900 will be built
at Fond du Lac.
The pioneers of Juneau county will
meet at Mauston oa July 4.
1t is claimed Racine has the largest
bicycle club in the state.
Fred Miller, of Green Lake, wintered
$50 head of cattle last winter.
An effort Is being made to have a sol
dier's home located at Sheboygan.
Armour d Co., of Chicago, will make
Ashland branch depot for wholesaleing
meats.
A large bed of cement has been discov-
cred at Union Grove, Racine county.
The closing of saloons in Hartland on
Sundays has been ordered by the village
authorities.
A paint bed has been discovered near
Mondoyi, Buffalo county, from which a
brown -celored paint is taken.
The steamer Vanderbilt. the first boat
from Buffalo this season, arrived at Wash
burn Saturday afternoon.
Robert Schilling has challenged Mr.
Cotzhausen, of Milwaukee, to a joint de-
bate on the labor question.
The Racine rhreshing Machine com
pany paid $4,000 to irs employees for
work the past month.
A company has been formed at Hori-
con, Wis, to convert into paper the reeds
and grasses of great marsh in that vi
clnity.
A town election will be held next
Wednesday, May 10, to decide whether
Amherst will build a one thousand dollar
town hall.
The Merrill Weekly Times, published
by Black Bros. has made its appear
ance.
The G. A. r. post at Darlington will
take charge of the decoration day cere-
monies.
propose organizing an industrial school
or girls.
Lines of the Mississippi river steamers
bava e,
Crosse merchants.
The Appleton common council is not
disposed to legislate in favor of the pro
iect of connecting that city and Menssha
with q street car line.
A carload of coal passed through
Portage the other day consigned to some
dealer in Fargo, Oak, and the freight
was about twice whate the coal was worth.
Farmers near Tustin, Winnebago ooun-
ty, will resow much of their grain, the
high winds of last week having uncovered
it.
The scheme of starting Knights of
Labor daily organ in Racine has bee n
abandoned. Not enough money could be
raised.
Recent developments are to the effect
that the winter wheat prospects in La
Crosse county is much more unfavorsble
than was reported five days ago. Much
of it is being plowed under.
The corner stone of the new city hall
building at Oshkosh will be laid on deco
ration day,
r. p. Fisby, in jail at Waukesha for as
saulting two girls, Is now charged with
robbing the residence of Nicholas Wei
ten.
1t is reported in kewaunee that fifteen
persons living around Ephraim, Door
county, have lest their homes through
unfortunate speculation in mining stocks
and took the steamer Corona for Milwau-
kee last week.
On May 16 the Y. NJ. c. A. building at
Racine will be dedicated. The building
is ons of the finest in the city, and was
built entirely on private subscriptions.
1t is three stories high, of red brick, and
cost SS5, 200.
Old settlers in Wisconsin say this is the
driest season for forty years. Wells have
failed, the earth is like ashes, fields and
pastures have become sandy, and the
wheat crop will be failure unless rain
speedily falls,
An examination of the books of the drug
gists at Amherst, Wis. submitted to the
town board as required by Law, show that
there has been an alarming amount of
sickness in that town during the past
year.